gappen

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish כאַפּן (khapn, to grab), from Polish chapać.

Attested since 1875.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɣɑpə(n)/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: gap‧pen
  • Rhymes: -ɑpən

Verb

gappen

  1. (Netherlands, Bargoens, transitive, informal) to steal, to appropriate oneself something

Inflection

Inflection of gappen (weak)
infinitive gappen
past singular gapte
past participle gegapt
infinitive gappen
gerund gappen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular gapgapte
2nd person sing. (jij) gaptgapte
2nd person sing. (u) gaptgapte
2nd person sing. (gij) gaptgapte
3rd person singular gaptgapte
plural gappengapten
subjunctive sing.1 gappegapte
subjunctive plur.1 gappengapten
imperative sing. gap
imperative plur.1 gapt
participles gappendgegapt
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: gaps
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